CLAHRC Fellows 2016

Dr Caroline Barry is a registrar in palliative medicine currently working at Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridge. She has a research interest in the application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 at the end of life; this interest was developed via an LLM based at Cardiff University. Her dissertation examined the role of the Court of Protection in determining the lawfulness of withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatment from individuals who lack capacity. For her CLAHRC project she is using data held by the Cambridge and Peterborough Continuing Health Care (CHC) Team to examine outcomes and trends in terminally ill…

Allison’s background is in district nursing, community matron and specialist palliative care, where she has spent the past 10 years developing a clinical and academic interest caring for people with end stage long-term conditions and frailty. She was awarded a Florence Nightingale research scholarship and completed an MRes at the International End of Life Observatory, Lancaster University in 2014 and subsequently decided to gain experience within dementia research. Allison is currently a research nurse working for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust on a study (DIAMOND-Lewy) which is looking at improving the diagnosis and management of neurodegenerative dementia of Lewy body…

Dr Corinna Hackmann is a clinical psychologist. After qualifying she worked in an adult mental health community team. She completed a PhD in 2007 on the impact of trauma in early psychosis. Corinna currently holds the position of research development lead for adult services for Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT). Her research interests presently centre on the use of recovery approaches in the provision of mental health services. NSFT are involved in an initiative called Improving Recovery through Organisational Change (ImROC). Corinna is the co-lead for a working group tasked with the research and evaluation of this project for…

Dr Jennifer Harris has worked in psychiatry since 1994 in various fields until becoming a Consultant in Early Intervention in Norwich in 2014. She has tended to work part time to balance work life alongside raising a family. Jennifer has always been interested in research and has studied for an Open University degree in Maths and Physics as well as a diploma in statistics. She spent the last few years writing questions for the critical appraisal part of the Royal College exams and hopes to be able to put some of her critical appraisal knowledge into good use in focusing…

Deborah is a Consultant Clinical & Forensic Psychologist. She has worked clinically for the NHS since qualifying in 1986. She has worked in community and secure/prison services with people with learning disabilities and mentally disordered offenders. At present Deborah works for CPFT as part of the Intensive Support Team Peterborough (Adults with Learning Disabilities) and Adult ADHD Service. She provides consultancy to the Prison In-Reach Team at HMP Peterborough. Deborah’s interests include staff training and development particularly in the areas of clinical risk management and leadership skills. She is an NHS 360 Feedback Facilitator for the Leadership Academy. Her project…

Kate studied psychology at Exeter University before training as a physiotherapist at the University of East Anglia, qualifying in 1999. Since then she has worked predominantly in the neurosciences, gaining experience across settings in the NHS. She works currently as a clinical specialist physiotherapist at the Colman Centre for Specialist Rehabilitation Services (CCSRS) in Norwich – a level 1 service within Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust. Over the last 10 years in this role, Kate has developed clinical expertise and a research interest in the management of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). She completed a Master’s degree…

Sarah Lewis has worked as a Community Matron based in St. Ives for the last 8 years where she provides advanced clinical nursing care at home, to people with highly complex long-term conditions, provides proactive case management, co-ordinates and empowers them to self-care to prevent unnecessary hospitalisation. She has previously been a District Nursing Sister and pioneered the Community Matron role as part of the national pilot in 2005. She has gained an MSc in Advanced Practice, is an Independent Nurse Prescriber and has recently completed a PG Cert in Healthcare Leadership. During her Nursing career she has worked for…

Catherine qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2000. She led the in-patient medical physiotherapy team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital before joining the Cambridge Breathlessness Intervention Service in 2009. She teaches breathlessness self management strategies to patients with intractable breathlessness irrespective of diagnosis. Catherine has a keen interest in dysfunctional breathing and its management, including using the Buteyko Method of breathing retraining. She runs Buteyko Teacher Training Courses for healthcare professionals and is the current Chair of the Buteyko Breathing Association. Catherine has co-authored on articles and clinical guides regarding development of a breathlessness service and non-pharmacological management of breathlessness. She continues to…

Dr Sripat Pai is a portfolio GP working in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). His roles include sessional clinical work, GP commissioning, undergraduate teaching and Care Quality Commission (CQC) GP specialist advisor. In his role as a GP commissioner, he holds positions on the Huntingdon Local Commissioning Group board, the CCG Governing Body and is also clinical lead for referral management and urology. He has a keen interest in the use of IT in medicine to improve efficiencies whilst maintaining quality in patient pathways. His work on the development of student health screencasts with social media platform integration…

Stephen qualified from St Bartholomew’s Medical College in London in 1994, and after general surgical training, undertook training in neurosurgery in Romford and Cambridge. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2007 for work developing imaging methods to study the invasive margin of brain tumours. In 2008 he was appointed consultant neurosurgeon with a special interest in neuro-oncology. Between 2010-2015 he was an NIHR-funded Clinician Scientist and developed his imaging methods; he is now working to take these imaging methods into the operating theatre. Stephen is a member of the NCRI Brain Tumour Clinical Studies Group…

Dr Janine Robinson is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist having trained at the Institute of Psychiatry. She has since specialised in the assessment and diagnosis of autistic spectrum conditions (ASC) in adults, commencing her work with Professor Simon Baron-Cohen in 1999 when the national adult diagnostic clinic (CLASS) was first established. In addition Janine has been actively engaged in collaboration with clinical psychologists and psychiatrists in Lyon, France. This work includes translation and validation of psychometric screening measures developed at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge to be employed in French studies and ultimately in clinical practice. Janine has particular interest…

Dr Tabitha Thomas is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Arthur Rank Hospice. Having trained in the Eastern region and subsequently worked as a Consultant in North Wales, she returned to Cambridge to take up her current post in 2012. She joins the hospice at a time of transition and expansion and is keen to ensure the organisation continues to foster a culture of research. Her CLAHRC project is a qualitative study exploring staff experiences around moving patients out of hospices to nursing homes and how such transfer decisions are made.